GE Energy is supplying Cairn India with 32 of its J420 GS Jenbacher gas engines that will generate the electricity for India’s first cross country, heated crude oil pipeline, which is currently under construction.

The project represents the largest single order of Jenbacher engines in India as the country works to rapidly expand its energy generation and delivery infrastructure to support continued national economic growth.Cairn India is building a 590-kilometer, 24-inch pipeline to transport crude oil from the Mangala terminal in Barmer in the state of Rajasthan to the coast of Gujarat. The oil pipeline is to be completed by the second half of 2009. An adjoining, 8-inch natural gas pipeline also is being built. Once in operation, the Rajasthan field is expected to produce 175,000 barrels of oil per day, bringing about an increase in the oil production levels for the Cairn India Company and making a significant contribution to reducing India’s current oil supply and demand imbalance.

GE’s Jenbacher engines will be installed at 32 sites along the pipeline’s route to meet the 1 –MW load requirement at each station. The engines powered by natural gas supplied from the adjoining pipeline will primarily be used to generate power for a Skin Effect Heat Management System (SEHMS) to maintain the fluidity of the waxy crude oil as it is transported.

“This project is not only GE’s largest engine order in India, but also the global oil and gas industry’s first use of Jenbacher technology to support a heated crude pipeline project, a new potential growth segment for our business,” said Prady Iyyanki, CEO of GE Energy’s Jenbacher gas engine business. “Cairn India recognized its pipeline would require a highly reliable supply of on-site power, which was a critical reason for their selection of the Jenbacher engines.“The project is the latest example of how GE is helping the oil and gas industry address its diverse on-site power requirements, Iyyanki noted. For example, Jenbacher engines previously have been installed in a number of countries to power pipeline compressor stations, remote oil and gas production facilities and to use associated petrol gas, which otherwise would have been flared.

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